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Leveraging Strategic Mismatch For Growth

Leveraging Strategic Mismatch For Growth

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Gennaro Cuofano
Jul 04, 2025
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In the quest to challenge established incumbents, innovative companies often face a significant dilemma: how to compete against entrenched players with greater resources, stronger brand recognition, and established customer relationships.

In the Adjacent Market Strategy, I explain how to leverage the "strategic mismatch" vulnerability.

Unlike direct competition, which pits challengers against incumbents at their strongest point, the Adjacent Market Strategy involves establishing a position in neighboring markets and then leveraging the unique advantages developed there to move into the incumbent's core territory eventually.

This approach leverages a fundamental constraint that successful companies often face: their strategic focus frequently prevents effective expansion into adjacent markets, creating blind spots and vulnerabilities.

Let me show you how…


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